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When Mr Frank McGuinness and Ms Patricia Kelly withdrew from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; whether they are still in receipt of salary and expenses; and if so, why, in view of government responsibility under paragraph 2 (4) of Schedule 7 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998, they were...

Asked by
Lord Laird (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 June 2004
Reference
HL 3053; 662 c46WA
House
House of Lords

In the light of the facts disclosed in the letter of 4 January 1989 (reported in the Mail on Sunday, 22 November 1998) from Mr W B Willott of the Department of Trade and Industry to Mrs Olsen of the Serious Fraud Office and the Government's acknowledgement that the judgment...

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 January 1999
Reference
HL 626; 596 c155WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they will place a copy of the 4 January 1989 letter from Mr W B Willott of the Department of Trade and Industry, dealing with his concerns about the possible fatal effect on the Guinness trials of the judgment of Lord Grantchester QC on the Licensed Dealers' Tribunal in...

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 January 1999
Reference
HL 573; 596 c155WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they will now institute an inquiry into the conduct of Department of Trade and Industry officials in connection with their failure to disclose the report and recommendations of the Licensed Dealers Tribunal in the matter of TWH Management Ltd to the inspectors appointed to investigate the affairs of Guinness...

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 December 1998
Reference
595 c122WA
House
House of Lords

Why the report and recommendations of the Licensed Dealers Tribunal in the matter of TWH Management Ltd was not disclosed until November 1993 to the inspectors appointed to investigate the affairs of Guinness plc. [HL52].

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 December 1998
Reference
595 c122WA
House
House of Lords

Why no mention is made of the report and recommendations in the matter of TWH Management Ltd in the final report of the inspectors appointed to investigate the affairs of Guinness plc, and whether pressure was placed on the inspectors to ignore this judgment in their report. [HL54].

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 December 1998
Reference
595 c122WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the letter of 4 January 1989 (disclosed in the Mail on Sunday) from Mr WB Willott of the DTI to Mrs Olsen of the Serious Fraud Office discussing the merits of appealing the decision reached in the Licensed Dealers Report and Recommendations in the matter of TWH Management Ltd...

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 December 1998
Reference
595 c65WA; HL 150
House
House of Lords

Whether the decision of the Department of Trade and Industry, on the advice of the Serious Fraud Office, not to appeal the 1988 judgment of the Licensed Dealers Tribunal in the matter of TWH Management Ltd, which found, inter alia, that there had been "no false market" and "no breach...

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 July 1998
Reference
HL 2580; 592 c49-50WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the letter from Mrs J D Olsen of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on 13 January to Mr W B Willott of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) requesting the DTI not to appeal the judgment of the Licensed Dealers Tribunal in the matter of TWH Management Limited...

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 June 1998
Reference
591 c76-7WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what proposals she has for regulatory reform following the publication of the Guinness plc 1985 report.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 February 1998
Reference
31072; 307 c248W
House
House of Commons

Whether, in the light of the announcement by the Attorney General on Tuesday 3 February in relation to the use of DTI transcripts in future trails, they intend to continue to oppose the application to the European Commission on Human Rights of Messrs. Ronson, Parnes and Lyons in connection with...

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 February 1998
Reference
HL 547; 586 c45WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Mr Attorney General, for a statement on what approach prosecutors take to reliance on evidence obtained through the exercise of compulsory powers having regard to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Saunders v. United Kingdom. - Inc ref to info in Lib.

Asked by
Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West) (Labour)
Answering body
Attorney General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 February 1998
Reference
27920; 305 c639-40W
House
House of Commons

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central of 23rd June, 296 c391W, on Dixons plc and to the honourable Member for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale of 8th December, 302 c462W, on Guinness plc, what factors underlay her...

Asked by
Lord Redwood (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 January 1998
Reference
22664; 305 c411W
House
House of Commons

Whether they have formulated and delivered their response to the Committee of Ministers, under the Convention of Human Rights, in respect of the judgment in November 1996 in Saunders v United Kingdom (1197 23 EHRR 313); and whether they will place details of their response in the Library of the...

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 January 1998
Reference
595 c3WA
House
House of Lords

What action they intend to take concerning the "unsatisfactory position" disclosed by the Lord Chief Justice in his judgment in the Court of Appeal in R v Morrisey and R v Staines in relation, specifically, to the judgment in the European Court of Human Rights in Saunders v United Kingdom....

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 January 1998
Reference
595 c3-4WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will place in the Library the text of the legal advice taken by her Department on which she based her decision not to institute proceedings under the Companies Act 1985 against any of the individuals referred to in her...

Asked by
Alasdair Morgan (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 December 1997
Reference
19459; 302 c462W
House
House of Commons

Whether the terms of the original 'widely drawn' brief to the inspectors appointed to investigate the affairs of the Guinness plc were intended to include an examination of the sales of Guinness shares by supporters of Argyll Group plc during the course of the bid for Distillers Group plc as...

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 November 1997
Reference
583 c92WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they will provide a breakdown of the costs of the report of the inspectors appointed to investigate the affairs of Guinness plc, including the costs of the secretaries to the Inspectors, fees paid to counsel instructed by the Dept of Trade and Industry and the costs of producing the...

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 November 1997
Reference
583 c92WA
House
House of Lords

If she will list those investigations currently being carried out by her Department under the Companies Act, Financial Services Act and Insurance Companies Act, legislation, indicating the cost of each investigation, the manner in which the costs are being apportioned between inspectors and the likely date of publication. - Inc...

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 July 1997
Reference
4821; 297 c268W
House
House of Commons

How they intend to fulfil their obligations under the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to give practical effect to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Saunders v United Kingdom (1197 23 EHRR 313).

Asked by
Lord Spens (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 June 1997
Reference
580 c42WA
House
House of Lords